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| I have hidden certain folders. Until today, I could go to Windows Explorer, click "Organize", click "Folder and Search Options", click "View", and then check the "Show hidden files and folders" button. That would display my hidden files.
Now, the "Show hidden files and folders" button is checked by default, but the hidden files are not visible. I have tried rebooting - no luck. I have tried to click the "Do not show hidden files and folders" button, hit "apply" and "OK", but the choice is instantly reset to the "Show hidden files and folders" button. It appears that neither button is funcitioning (although it does let me click the "Do not show" button and gives me the choice to "Apply", which I do check off. But nothing actually changes and I cannot seem to get the hidden folders to reappear.
This is not a case of the choice to hide or not hide disappearing. I found a solution for that at: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/restore-show-hidden-files-and-folders-option-in-vista/.
Mine is a different problem since the options are still there - they just don't work.
Any ideas????
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| Click on Start>All Programs>Accessories>Run,type regedit into the 'Open' space,then press OK
Navigate to the key 'Hidden'.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden
Right click on the 'Hidden' key and choose 'Export'.
Save it to your desktop.
Now right click on the exported registry file on your desktop,select 'Edit'.
Copy and paste the entire contents into this topic.
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| Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden]
"Text"="@shell32.dll,-30499"
"Type"="group"
"Bitmap"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\
00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,\
68,00,65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,34,00,00,\
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"HelpID"="shell.hlp#51131"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\NOHIDDEN]
"RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced"
"Text"="@shell32.dll,-30500"
"Type"="radio"
"CheckedValue"=dword:00000002
"ValueName"="Hidden"
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000002
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001
"HelpID"="shell.hlp#51104"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL]
"RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced"
"Text"="@shell32.dll,-30501"
"Type"="radio"
"CheckedValue"=dword:00000003
"ValueName"="Hidden"
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000002
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001
"HelpID"="shell.hlp#51105"
I appreciate your assistance very much.
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| RichieUK - first - thanks for the help.
I performed the tasks you instructed. Now the buttons "show" and "do not show" work. However, they do the opposite of the described function.
In other words, when "do not show hidden files and folders" is checked, the hidden file show up. When the "show hidden files and folders" is checked, they do not show up.
I followed your steps exactly, but did I mess something up maybe?
Thanks again.
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| Done.
However, when I restarted, the "Read only" button was again checked off on the hidden files.
The "show" and "do not show" buttons are still reversed, but they still work.
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and agree to merge the information into the registry,then restart your pc.